Education

Scenes from the Jackson High School graduation ceremony at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Annie Barker / The Herald)

Graduation Day: Seniors in Everett celebrate with 3 separate ceremonies

Over 1,200 seniors from Everett, Jackson and Cascade high schools hold commencement exercises at Angel of the Winds Arena.

Scenes from the Jackson High School graduation ceremony at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Annie Barker / The Herald)
Trenton Sankey, 6, looks up at Everett High School graduates as they walk down the hall of Whittier Elementary School on Friday, June 16, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Senior Grad Walk ‘makes graduation real’ for young Everett students

Everett High School seniors paraded through Whittier Elementary School halls before their graduation Saturday.

Trenton Sankey, 6, looks up at Everett High School graduates as they walk down the hall of Whittier Elementary School on Friday, June 16, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Scenes from the Jackson High School graduation ceremony at Angel of the Winds in Everett, Washington on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Annie Barker / The Herald)

GALLERY: Jackson and Everett High Students Graduate

On Saturday, 1,200 students from three Everett high schools celebrated graduation.

Scenes from the Jackson High School graduation ceremony at Angel of the Winds in Everett, Washington on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Annie Barker / The Herald)
Brian Wilson, left, and Ron Fronheiser, right, survey the fuselage after it is placed at Edmonds College’s Advance Manufacturing Skill Center at Paine Field on Thursday, June 15, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Paine Field training center’s new lab: a 12-ton Boeing 767 fuselage

Boeing donated the fuselage to a manufacturing program Thursday: “This is going to be a game changer in how we offer our training.”

Brian Wilson, left, and Ron Fronheiser, right, survey the fuselage after it is placed at Edmonds College’s Advance Manufacturing Skill Center at Paine Field on Thursday, June 15, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
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Monroe gets high marks in vocational excellence awards

Since 1984, the state-funded scholarship has helped hundreds of students with college and technical school.

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Challenger Elementary 3rd grade teacher Ian Brown holds his comic book “I Hate Math” in his classroom Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Everett, Washington. Brown wrote and illustrated the book while on a roughly half-year sabbatical from teaching duties. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Everett teacher’s ‘I Hate Math’ comic book is based on a true story

Instead of torturing his third grade students with math, Ian Brown is trying to make it funny and fanciful.

Challenger Elementary 3rd grade teacher Ian Brown holds his comic book “I Hate Math” in his classroom Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Everett, Washington. Brown wrote and illustrated the book while on a roughly half-year sabbatical from teaching duties. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Jonnathan Yepez Carino speaks with Auliilani De La Cruz’s class about financial literacy during a presentation at Mariner High on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Extra credit for financial literacy: Bankers teach kids the basics

From building credit to applying for a loan — these execs offer money management advice for students and adults.

Jonnathan Yepez Carino speaks with Auliilani De La Cruz’s class about financial literacy during a presentation at Mariner High on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Students arriving off the bus get in line to score some waffles during a free pancake and waffle breakfast at Lowell Elementary School on Friday, May 26, 2023, in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

800 free pancakes at Everett’s Lowell Elementary feed the masses

The annual breakfast was started to connect the community and the school, as well as to get people to interact.

Students arriving off the bus get in line to score some waffles during a free pancake and waffle breakfast at Lowell Elementary School on Friday, May 26, 2023, in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Chemene Crawford (Everett Community College)

Everett Community College president set for $281K salary

Chemene Crawford has been hired as the college’s next president to oversee some 800 employees and 15,000 students.

Chemene Crawford (Everett Community College)
Volunteer Victor Rodriguez chats with supporters as he hands out yard signs during a campaign event in support of Marysville School District’s proposed levy on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at the Marysville Historical Society Museum in Marysville, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Marysville schools serving layoff notices for up to 45 teachers

Marysville is the latest Snohomish County district to grapple with a multi-million dollar budget shortfall.

Volunteer Victor Rodriguez chats with supporters as he hands out yard signs during a campaign event in support of Marysville School District’s proposed levy on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at the Marysville Historical Society Museum in Marysville, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Hunter Mattson, center, is guided by Blake Horton, right, on a virtual welding simulation during a trade fair at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. High school kids learned about various trades at the event. (Annie Barker / The Herald)

Trade fair gives Snohomish County kids glimpse of college alternatives

Showcasing the trades, the Trade Up event in Monroe drew hundreds of high school students from east Snohomish County.

Hunter Mattson, center, is guided by Blake Horton, right, on a virtual welding simulation during a trade fair at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. High school kids learned about various trades at the event. (Annie Barker / The Herald)
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Hazing becomes a felony in some cases in Washington state

The “Sam Martinez Stop Hazing Law,” was signed Monday. The Legislature unanimously passed the measure.

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Andrew Dee pushes Hunter Mattson in their teams’ urban concept diesel car outside of the shop at Granite Falls High School on Thursday, April 27, 2023 in Granite Falls, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

‘Tigerspeed’: Granite Falls Eco-Car team fueled for success

A storied high school club finished fifth at a national competition, where it’s a race for efficiency, not speed.

Andrew Dee pushes Hunter Mattson in their teams’ urban concept diesel car outside of the shop at Granite Falls High School on Thursday, April 27, 2023 in Granite Falls, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Chemene Crawford (Everett Community College)

EvCC trustees choose Chemene Crawford as next president

Crawford is the current leader of North Seattle College. She was one of three finalists for the post.

Chemene Crawford (Everett Community College)
A student works through a worksheet Monday morning at College Place Elementary School in Lynnwood, Washington on March 7, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Layoffs loom as Snohomish County schools face budget shortfalls

Edmonds, Mukilteo, Everett, Arlington and Stanwood-Camano plan to cut programs and eliminate jobs next school year.

A student works through a worksheet Monday morning at College Place Elementary School in Lynnwood, Washington on March 7, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
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Education nonprofit expands programs to Snohomish County

Treehouse is a nonprofit dedicated to furthering educational opportunities for youth in Foster Care

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Everett Public Schools chief information officer Brian Beckley, left, and state coordinator for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Ian Moore, right, pose for a photo in the server room at the Everett Public Schools Community Resource Center in Everett, Washington on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Annie Barker / The Herald)

Schools are ‘target rich’ for cyberattacks, fed agency helps fight back

A Cascade High School grad is heading up the effort in Washington. This week, he checked in with Everett school leaders.

Everett Public Schools chief information officer Brian Beckley, left, and state coordinator for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Ian Moore, right, pose for a photo in the server room at the Everett Public Schools Community Resource Center in Everett, Washington on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Annie Barker / The Herald)
Michael Tolley (Northshore School District)

Michael Tolley named new Northshore School District leader

Tolley, interim superintendent since last summer, is expected to inherit the position permanently in July.

Michael Tolley (Northshore School District)
Northshore School District Administrative building in Bothell, Washington. (Northshore School District)

Deaf family sues Northshore over repeated restraint, isolation of child

The kindergartener was reportedly restrained as much as five times a day by her special education teacher, the lawsuit says.

Northshore School District Administrative building in Bothell, Washington. (Northshore School District)
Dr. Charles McNulty (left), Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift (center) and Mr. Michael Tolley (right). The three finalist for the 2023-24 superintendent position at Northshore School District. (Photo provided by Northshore School District)

One of these 3 will be the next leaders of Northshore schools

Michael Tolley, Charles McNulty and Jeanice Kerr Swift want the job. They’ll stand for questions at a public forum Wednesday.

Dr. Charles McNulty (left), Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift (center) and Mr. Michael Tolley (right). The three finalist for the 2023-24 superintendent position at Northshore School District. (Photo provided by Northshore School District)